No. 2: Dabo Swinney, Clemson: $8,526,800. The Tigers won the national title last season. In August, the school unveiled new pay terms: Swinney’s basic pay for this season jumped to $6 million from a scheduled $4.8 million, and he got a $1.5 million signing bonus, plus a commitment for a $1 million life insurance premium payment.(Photo: Kim Klement, USA TODAY Sports)

Swinney said he spoke with the team after the video went viral on social media last Thursday and that it was an old video. The national championship-winning coach didn't say which players were in the video but did specify the players were walk-ons.

"It’s stupid. First of all, it’s an old video. I don’t know when it was shot. You’ve got a couple walk-ons in there with a little bit too much time on their hands," Swinney said. "We all have raised kids, so sometimes young people have a little bit too much time on their hands and they do stupid stuff. You’ve got a pair of boxing gloves laying around; next thing you know you’ve got a boxing match going on. You’ve got a mat on the ground, sometimes boys, especially, will start wrestling.

"It’s been going on forever and ever… It’s just somebody got a video of it and put it out. It was brought to my attention. Obviously, it’s something we don’t tolerate.”

The video, which was published to Instagram and Twitter by accounts associated with Barstool Sports, has more than one million views on Instagram and shows two players wearing boxing gloves throwing punches at one another while several teammates watched. It didn't appear to be malicious in nature, and Swinney seemed to confirm that.

Swinney was disappointed, however, in the players' choice of venue, likening the act to working hard to purchase a new house only to move the couches out and "invite the boys over" to wrestle.

“You’re not 6. We’re not 10 years old. We’re not 8. We’re grown men," he said. "It’s not a frat house. It’s not a romper room. I told them this is a new house. That locker room is really nice, and it’s not a romper room. This ain’t kindergarten. I don’t think you’ll have any more problems with that.

"It’s just stupid. That’s how all of sudden honestly somebody gets hurt because they were goofing off – things that can be prevented that you don’t need to be dealing with.”

Swinney didn't say who shot or released the video but recognized whoever did so as someone looking to capitalize on Clemson's fame. He also confirmed the video did not happen after the Syracuse loss, despite the timing of its release.

“I just think anything that’s associated with Clemson is going to be some type of news. It was an old video; it wasn’t anything that happened last week," he said. "I guess whoever had the video just decided to put it out last week. I guess that was the most viral opportunity you could get because it came after a loss. I don’t know when the video was shot, but there wasn’t nobody having no boxing matches down there last week, I promise you that.”